After getting really dreadfully behind with the new job and faire hitting me at the same time, I’ve been slowly cleaning the backlog of recorded shows off DVR over the past couple of weeks.

[Spoilers Ahoy, well, only if you’re behind on your TV like I was] Sherlock (Series 4) - I liked the first two episodes, but the third was one of my least favorite types of stories, the psychopathic villain. I really do not ( Read more... )

Clearing some really old stuff off the DVR this weekend.

I really love the fact that Agent Coulson owns a Grumpy Cat coffee mug. <3

=D

1. My SAD lamp (finally got the timer set so that the sun rises again!)
2. Unseasonably warm weather (it hit 53 today)
3. A clean house. Whoo!
4. Chinese food. Om nom nom.
5. The Royals on E! (so deliciously over the top and soapy!)

I ran into Jim, another former co-worker from BlackOps, in the cafeteria today at lunchtime. I said hello and re-introduced myself (“You used to work at BlackOps didn’t you?”). He asked if I was eating in the cafeteria, and of course I said sure! #Networking We were also joined at lunch by Chris, one of our Principal Technical Writers, and a ( Read more... )

I’m finally feeling somewhat better. There’s still quite a bit of coughing going on, but I’m coughing up less phegm, and the coughing is less uncontrollable. Last week I was coughing until my diaphragm hurt. This week I’m coughing once or twice, and that’s it. I’m hoping I’ll be feeling more like myself soon ( Read more... )

I’ve been cleaning off my DVR, and I finally got around to watching The Night Manager, a mini-series that aired back in April/May starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. I had all six episodes on the DVR, so I was able to watch the entire mini-series. I mostly know Hiddles from playing Loki in the Marvel movies, and Laurie from House (which I ( Read more... )

I’m still mainlining Leverage on DVD at the moment. But I woke up this morning and realized that all of the DVD commentary and insights into character development and story structure are going to be useful for that “Very Ambitious Big Idea” I’ve had percolating in the back of my mind for a couple of years now ( Read more... )

Not dead. Well, if I'm being honest, I’ve been hiding. I started writing up a post about my visit with my mother last Monday, but my Amazon order had arrived while I was in Maine. And rather than try to process how I felt about seeing my mom again, I’ve been binge watching my new Leverage DVDs instead ( Read more... )

My plan for Saturday was to pretty much be a completely slacker. I’ve got just a ton of articles “saved” on Facebook to read later. And well, it’s later. So I spent some time online reading articles. I did manage to squeeze in just the tiniest bit of tidying up. I emptied and filled the dishwasher, washed a few dishes, put away some clean ( Read more... )

I'm watching the ION Sunday Leverage marathon. In The San Lorenzo Job, the Leverage team stole an election in San Lorenzo in less than a week. In the past that seemed like fiction. After watching the polls the past two weeks? Totally believable.